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The Cardiovascular Perfusionist
 As long as the patient is on Bypass, the perfusionist controls the patients blood flow, blood pressure, and gas exchange as well as monitoring and delivering anticoagulation and protective heart medications. You now have all the information necessary to fully understand the generic phrase... “The Perfusionist runs the Heart/Lung Machine |
Spend time with CVP students... 
"Some perfusion schools just do academic work. Not here. We start off observing in the OR and doing academic work. Then we start doing the perfusion work. It's intense, but someone's always watching you. They won't let you do anything wrong. They don't expect you to know everything. You're supposed to ask questions." —T. Patel
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